The One Voice organisers call us up to report some serious shuffling of the diversity deck for One Voice USA since we had a big chat about it in episode 30. Also, since it turns out everyone spent the 90s watching Eurotrash in their bedrooms with the volume turned right down, you'll be glad to hear that this episode also features ten minutes with the extremely fantastic Kate Robbins.  Sign up to the newsletter at www.thevosocial.com Follow us on Twitter @thevosocial Email us at [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you!

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Come with us behind the scenes at One Voice 2020!

We’re bringing you a rather frank chat with the organisers about the tribulations involved in shifting the entire thing online, their response to concerns that there wasn’t enough diversity among conference speakers and some ground-shaking predictions about MASSIVE changes in the VO industry.

We’ve also jammed together some of the best bits, including:

How to “go faster but sound slower”

Why “What voice do I use for this audiobook character?” is the WRONG QUESTION

How to avoid being an appalling bore on social media

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We're having a bit of a soirée round at ours, so fling on your best outfit, grab a nice drink and marvel at the extraordinary voiceover party tricks our talented listeners have sent in.  With immense thanks to:  Chris Clarkson, Emma Stannard, Kenny Blyth, Liz Drury, Marni Penning Coleman, Sara Starling, Simon Jackson and Simon Naylor

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And now on The Voiceover Social… Some of Britain’s most recognisable continuity voices (including the ultimate reassurance-delivery-system Zeb Soanes) tell their tales of high drama and general catastrophe. Also, in the Panic Room - Nic lays out how to use breath control to organise your shattered nerves. Infinite thanks to Philip Banks, Amanda Carlton, Trish Bertram, Sara Starling and Pete Nottage for your wonderful contributions. We really truly love you. 

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Here it is! The breakdown of the Mid-Atlantic accent we've been promising you for MONTHS. We have nailed down exactly what the term used to mean versus what it means now, as well as how to do it - and why it might be time to consider adding it to your repertoire. Huge thanks to the ear bogglingly informed accent coach's accent coach Erik Singer for his contribution, as well as super-pros Juliette Gray, Julie Ann Dean, Peter Baker and Patrick Poletti for sending us their interpretation of the Mid-Atlantic brief. 

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Also in this episode: 

- "News from Equity" is back! Annette Rizzo from the Audio Committee explains what the union is doing to help us weather this utter poop-storm.  

- Nic's brand new Facebook group, The Voice And Accent Hub. Join the party if you haven't already, it's buzzing in there! 

- News of a BBC Radio 4 drama Leah waved her special computer-system voice around in. It's a brilliant production, by an award winning writer - here's the link if you'd like to listen: SETTLERS 

And finally - extra special thanks to Darren Altman, AKA Cary Grant. What a trooper.

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Leah made an appearance on the very funny podcast Drunk Women Solving Crime earlier this year, so we've nicked the clip of four comedians solving the mystery of her missing car to play to you.

Other mysteries dealt with in this bonus episode; the curious disappearance of Leah's Manchester accent, and Nic on the difference between an "a" and an "a".

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One of the most famous promo voices in America lives in a tiny Scottish seaside village, an hour and a half north of Aberdeen. We went to see him to find out what life is like if 30 million people hear your voice every day – but none of them knows your name (it’s Philip Banks, by the way). Also featuring a very tolerant Doric-speaking farmer, James, who let us record him and his excellent dialect. More information than strictly necessary at www.thevosocial.com

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Coco Mbassi is a VO from London, but is originally from France and has lived in Cameroon... niche, you might think. But her story will be disconcertingly familiar to any non-native voiceover... how do you get out of that pigeonhole - and do you even want to? 

If you have something to add to this conversation, we'd love to hear from you! Send your comments and views as an email or MP3 to [email protected], or use the "send a voice message" link below

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Are all Americans voiceovers these days? Does being British there make it easier or harder to make a living? And what the bejinkers is a Mid Atlantic accent anyway?!  The VO School podcast host (and indisputable Brit) Jamie Muffett joins us from his US studio to answer all our questions  In the Panic Room... How To Stay Present: tackling copy with one eye on mindfulness, with input from actor and teacher Daniel Bradford  

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Click HERE for Jamie Muffet’s VOcation Conference in NYC  AND send your panics for the Panic Room & Mid-Atlantic samples to [email protected]

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If you're an actor who's expanded from in-vision performance to voiceover, there are plenty of pickles you can get yourself into. You might have found yourself projecting so hard your mic is popping all over the place, or maybe you're phenomenal off book but your sight reading lets you down. In this bonus episode, Nic and Leah are joined in the panic room by a question from an actor about pauses - how do they change when the audience can't see your face? 

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